History Of St Lukes Hospital With A Description Of The New Buildings PDF Download

Excerpt from History of St. Luke's Hospital With a Description of the New Buildings The thought was conceived by Rev. William Augustus Muhlenberg, D.D., while rector of the Church of the Holy Communion. This thought was first expressed in an address to his own congregation on St. Luke's day, 1846, in which he named his ideal hospital St. Luke's, for the beloved physician, and devoted one-half the offertory, the sum Of $15, toward its erection. The spirit of the man is shown by his reply to a question asked of him that day: doc tor, When do you expect your hospital to be built? Never! Unless I begin. He was soon after encouraged by a gift of from Mrs. Lindley Hoffman, a member of the Church of the Holy Communion. Other large gifts followed from other parishioners. An Appeal for a Church Hospital was made, by request, in other parishes. The Doctor's enthusiasm, and the evident need Of the City, kindled the flame of Charity in other hearts, and Dr. Muhlenberg was soon surrounded by a noble band of fellow-workers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.